diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb
index 5ad9d5f76d3a03259efd8ce7bc5b9c2a58597c64..716e303a5dee4d0c29c9a27df2905e18aca13061 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def error_messages_for(*params)
         
         count  = objects.inject(0) {|sum, object| sum + object.errors.count }
         locale = options[:locale]
-        locale ||= request.locale if respond_to?(:request)
+        locale ||= self.locale if respond_to?(:locale)
 
         unless count.zero?
           html = {}
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
index 0337be074430ad8966d45dcf937f615113245344..dbb5d458bf545b06bf6dbbea93535166eba6d337 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module DateHelper
       #
       def distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, to_time = 0, include_seconds = false, options = {})
         locale = options[:locale] 
-        locale ||= request.locale if respond_to?(:request)
+        locale ||= self.locale if respond_to?(:locale)
 
         from_time = from_time.to_time if from_time.respond_to?(:to_time)
         to_time = to_time.to_time if to_time.respond_to?(:to_time)
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ def select_day(date, options = {}, html_options = {})
       #
       def select_month(date, options = {}, html_options = {})
         locale = options[:locale] 
-        locale ||= request.locale if respond_to?(:request)
+        locale ||= self.locale if respond_to?(:locale)
 
         val = date ? (date.kind_of?(Fixnum) ? date : date.month) : ''
         if options[:use_hidden]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb
index 9d98036f2d626229a972e8618660eb1dc83821bf..dc56817c1290e0d1156eaa5319a7f131f5d3bd7a 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def number_to_currency(number, options = {})
         options = options.symbolize_keys
         
         locale = options[:locale]
-        locale ||= request.locale if respond_to?(:request)
+        locale ||= self.locale if respond_to?(:locale)
 
         defaults  = :'currency.format'.t(locale) || {}
         precision = options[:precision] || defaults[:precision]
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/active_record_helper_i18n_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/active_record_helper_i18n_test.rb
index 057fb9bd1af7498ac6b6fb3303f01375725e3ca0..3a2197ac93143c91c3dd9bd0666d42f9153fb5c9 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/active_record_helper_i18n_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/active_record_helper_i18n_test.rb
@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@ class ActiveRecordHelperI18nTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   
   attr_reader :request
   def setup
-    @request = mock
     @object = stub :errors => stub(:count => 1, :full_messages => ['full_messages'])
     stubs(:content_tag).returns 'content_tag'
+    stubs(:locale)
     
     I18n.stubs(:t).with(:'header_message', :locale => 'en-US', :scope => [:active_record, :error], :count => 1, :object_name => '').returns "1 error prohibited this  from being saved"
     I18n.stubs(:t).with(:'message', :locale => 'en-US', :scope => [:active_record, :error]).returns 'There were problems with the following fields:'
   end
 
   def test_error_messages_for_given_a_locale_it_does_not_check_request_for_locale
-    request.expects(:locale).never
+    expects(:locale).never
     @object.errors.stubs(:count).returns 0
     error_messages_for(:object => @object, :locale => 'en-US')
   end
   
   def test_error_messages_for_given_no_locale_it_checks_request_for_locale
-    request.expects(:locale).returns 'en-US'
+    expects(:locale).returns 'en-US'
     @object.errors.stubs(:count).returns 0
     error_messages_for(:object => @object)
   end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_i18n_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_i18n_test.rb
index 9b7c03a400c23266ec57df1da8cfb2be3a51e483..f245ca1fc855afb3941e3796b28547b0a05a7e11 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_i18n_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/date_helper_i18n_test.rb
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ class DateHelperDistanceOfTimeInWordsI18nTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
   attr_reader :request
   
   def setup
-    @request = mock
+    stubs(:locale)
     @from = Time.mktime(2004, 6, 6, 21, 45, 0)
   end
   
   # distance_of_time_in_words
 
   def test_distance_of_time_in_words_given_a_locale_it_does_not_check_request_for_locale
-    request.expects(:locale).never
+    expects(:locale).never
     distance_of_time_in_words @from, @from + 1.second, false, :locale => 'en-US'
   end
   
   def test_distance_of_time_in_words_given_no_locale_it_checks_request_for_locale
-    request.expects(:locale).returns 'en-US'
+    expects(:locale).returns 'en-US'
     distance_of_time_in_words @from, @from + 1.second
   end
   
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class DateHelperSelectTagsI18nTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
   attr_reader :request
   
   def setup
-    @request = mock
+    # stubs(:locale)
     I18n.stubs(:translate).with(:'date.month_names', 'en-US').returns Date::MONTHNAMES
   end
   
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/number_helper_i18n_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/number_helper_i18n_test.rb
index b75af03378f12120b23ee9889dc7af49076c5729..5db60ece043272a0a8c74d3d2d32e8f151d07e0e 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/number_helper_i18n_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/number_helper_i18n_test.rb
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ class NumberHelperI18nTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
   
   attr_reader :request
   def setup
-    @request = mock
+    stubs(:locale)
     @defaults = {:separator => ".", :unit => "$", :format => "%u%n", :delimiter => ",", :precision => 2}
     I18n.backend.store_translations 'en-US', :currency => {:format => @defaults}
   end
 
   def test_number_to_currency_given_a_locale_it_does_not_check_request_for_locale
-    request.expects(:locale).never
+    expects(:locale).never
     number_to_currency(1, :locale => 'en-US')
   end
 
   def test_number_to_currency_given_no_locale_it_checks_request_for_locale
-    request.expects(:locale).returns 'en-US'
+    expects(:locale).returns 'en-US'
     number_to_currency(1)
   end